Suzuka 8 hrs

[Brian d marge]

Well its that time of year again

http://www.mobilityland.co.jp/8tai/girl/girl.html

Lets start with the more important bits


Stephen

Entry List
No. ク
1 SBK (Vincent PHILIPPE) (Matthieu LAGRIVE) (Julien DA COSTA) SUZUKI GSX-R1000 07 DL SUZUKI ENDURANCE RACING TEAM
2 JSB (Russell HOLLAND) Honda CBR1000RR 07 MI Team
3 SBK (Warwick NOWLAND) (Glen RICHARDS) (Stefan NEBEL) YAMAHA YZF-R1 07 DL PHASE ONE ENDURANCE
4 SBK (Heinz PLATACIS) Honda CBR1000RR 06 BS F.C.C TSR EUROSPORT BENELUX
05 JSB KAWASAKI ZX-10R 06 BS ZOIL TRICK☆STAR
6 SPP (Michel NICKMANS) (Olivier DEPOORTER) (Serge FISCHER) YAMAHA YZF-R1 06 PI TEAM ZONE ROUGE YAMAHA BELGIQUE
7 SBK (Igor JERMAN) (Steve MARTIN) (Damian CUDLIN) YAMAHA YZF-R1 07 PI YAMAHA AUSTRIA RACING TEAM #07（YART）
8 SBK (David MORILLON) (Patric MUFF) (Horst SAIGER) KAWASAKI ZX-10R 07 PI BOLLIGER TEAM SWITZERLAND
9 SPP (Paolo TESSARI) (William HOLMES GRUY) (Riccardo RICCI) YAMAHA YZF-R1 07 PI Amadeus X-one
11 JSB (James TOSELAND) Honda CBR1000RR 07 MI TEAM HRC 11
012 SBK (Tobias ANDERSSON) (Mikael NILSSON) (Paul YOUNG) SUZUKI GSX-R1000 07 PI Team Suzuki Sweden
12 JSB SUZUKI GSX-R1000 07 BS with JOMO 12
13 JSB YAMAHA YZF-R1 05 DL
13 014 SPP (Damian ROWLEY) (Tomas MIKSOVSKY) (Leroy VERBOVEN) YAMAHA YZF-R1 07 DL MACO MOTO RACING TEAM
14 JSB YAMAHA YZF-R1 07 DL ClubYAMAHA MOTORCYCLE RACING
15 JSB YAMAHA YZF-R1 07 DL 15
16 SPP (Damien CHENE) (Stephane KOKES) (Pascal GROSJEAN) KAWASAKI ZX-10R 06 DL TEAM RAFFIN MOTOS
17 JSB KAWASAKI ZX-10R 06 DL BEET LUMIX Racing
18 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 06 BS TEAM HATAKEYAMA DealEcosys & T-YOSHIHARU
19 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 07 DL MOTUL
20 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 07 DL BATTLE021 SBK (Heidger FRANK) (Henrik MEYER) (Jakub SMRZ) Honda
CBR1000RR 07 PI RMT #21 RACING
21 JSB YAMAHA YZF-R1 07 DL YAMAHA RACING 21
22 JSB (Joshua BROOKES) Honda CBR1000RR 06 BS
24 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 05 BS RT
25 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 06 DL HONDA
28 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 07 BS
30 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 04 MI
31 JSB SUZUKI GSX-R1000 07 DL WIN SUZUKI RACING TEAM
32 JSB SUZUKI GSX-R1000 07 DL MotoMap SUPPLY
33 JSB (Jonathan REA) (Carlos CHECA) Honda CBR1000RR 07 MI TEAM HRC 33
34 JSB SUZUKI GSX-R1000 07 BS with JOMO 34
35 SPP (Eric MONOT) SUZUKI GSX-R1000 05 PI Team RT Racing Team & Motovirus / Z-TECH
36 JSB KAWASAKI ZX-10R 06 DL
38 SPP (Erwan NIGON) (Julien MILLET) (Joao CONTENTE FERNANDES) YAMAHA YZF-R1 07 PI ENDURANCE MOTO 38
39 JSB YAMAHA YZF-R1 06 DL TEAM茶LLENGER
40 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 06 DL HONDA & CBR
41 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 06 DL HONDA
43 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 07 BS Team DDBOYS
44 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 07 BS DDBOYS
45 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 04 DL Honda MSC
49 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 05 BS CLUB-KENJIN･KS
50 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 05 DL Bike'FREAKS
51 JSB YAMAHA YZF-R1 07 MI &G3factory
52 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 06 BS MOTO WIN RACING
53 JSB SUZUKI GSX-R1000 07 BS Deotex PANTHERA PLOT
54 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 07 BS Honda DREAM RT
55 JSB SUZUKI GSX-R1000 07 DL GAGNER H.M.F
56 JSB YAMAHA YZF-R1 07 PI OVER-Racing
57 SST (Anthony DOS SANTOS) (Michael LALEVEE) (Aｍaury BARATIN) YAMAHA YZF-R1 07 DL TEAM LTG 57
58 JSB KAWASAKI ZX-10R 06 DL R.S.
59 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 07 DL Tele'
62 JSB SUZUKI GSX-R1000 07 DL
64 JSB YAMAHA YZF-R1 07 DL
66 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 06 DL
67 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 07 DL
68 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 06 DL Honda
69 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 07 MI
70 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 05 MI
71 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 07 MI
73 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 07 BS .
75 JSB SUZUKI GSX-R1000 05 DL POWER FACTORY☆Racing DRAG
76 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 05 BS Pacific Diner Service NALT ALTERNA
77 JSB SUZUKI GSX-R1000 06 DL Z-TECH･Team
78 JSB SUZUKI
GSX-R1000 07 DL TEAM Z-TECH & SBS KIDANI
80 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 05 DL
81 JSB (Jamie STAUFFER) YAMAHA YZF-R1 07 DL YAMAHA RACING 81
95 SBK (Mashel AL-NAIMI) KAWASAKI ZX-10R 06 PI QERT
96 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 05 BS Tele' B
97 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 05 BS PLATFORM☆TSR☆CLUB Y's ☆J OFFICE
100 SST (Nicolas JAULNEAU) (Marcel LEVREL) (Cedric LOUVEL) SUZUKI GSX-R1000 06 DL TEAM ENDURANCE MOTO 45
111 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 06 DL Honda
112 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 07 BS Honda EG119 JSB SUZUKI GSX-R1000 06 DL TEAM 21 LIRICA AIM 119
134 SST (Christophe ALLUARD) (Franck GAZIELLO) (Emmanuel DEBRAY) SUZUKI GSX-R1000 06 PI TEAM ABG PERFORMANCE
248 JSB YAMAHA YZF-R1 07 DL
333 JSB SUZUKI GSX-R1000 07 PI WIN-CHU SUZUKI RACING TEAM
360 JSB KAWASAKI ZX-10R 06 DL
666 SBK (Gary MASON)(James HUTCHINS)(Alexander CUDLIN) KAWASAKI ZX-10R 06 PI DIABLO 666 BOLLIGER
775 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 06 BS
778 SBK Honda CBR1000RR 06 BS F.C.C. TSR ZIP-FM Racing Team
807 JSB Honda CBR1000RR 06 DL
903 JSB YAMAHA YZF-R1 07 DL NOI:Z･YEG-RT
999 JSB Ducati 999R 05 PI

[Korea]

Suzuka 8 hours
July 26th ~ July 29th
This Weekend~! :Punk:

Couldn't help notice all those Honda's in the entries :yes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuka_8_Hours


(From Wikipedia)
Another major motorsport event is the Suzuka 8 Hours for motorcycles, which has been run since 1978. This event usually attracts big name riders and with the exception of 2005, due to the importance of the big name manufacturers involvement, the FIM ensures that no motorcycle races clash on the date.

The race began in 1978 as a race for prototype Tourist Trophy Formula One (TT-F1)motorcycles which meant the big four Japanese companies (Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha), who had unlimited engineering resources, could use them on the track.

Throughout the years, the race had gone through several rule changes in accordance to the FIM, including the restriction to 750cc for F1 bikes

One major change for the race came in 1993. Due to the high popularity of Superbike racing, which had been a support class in previous 8 Hours races, the race now centered around superbikes. The Formula One class, which at the time was the pinnacle of the race, would be removed altogether. Another category included in the race is the Naked class (for motorcycles without fairings - similar to the streetfighter bikes).

At the event's peak during the 1980s, the race attracted in excess of 130,000 spectators while presently it attracts a crowd around 85,000. The record attendance figure is 160,000 in 1990 [1]. The race is part of the FIM World Endurance Championship for motorcycles and with the exception of 2005, due to the high importance the big four Japanese manufacturers place on the race, the governing bodies set a race date that avoids conflict with any of the other major championship races.

Designed as a Honda test track in 1962 by John Hugenholtz, Suzuka is a unique circuit, being one of the very few in the world to have a figure 8 layout. Obviously, due the danger of an intersecting track, the track doesn't actually intersect with itself; instead, the back straight passes over the front section by means of an overpass. Due to its unique layout, Suzuka is a massive test of driver skill and is easily one of the most difficult racing circuits in the world. Nevertheless, the track is loved by drivers and spectators alike for its challenging design and many opportunities for overtaking.

During the track's first major event since revisions during the 2003 MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan, MotoGP rider Daijiro Kato was killed when he crashed in the new section headed to the braking zone for the Casio Triangle. MotoGP has not returned to Suzuka since the incident.


Does anyone know if there will be any coverage in NZ?
How about a website?

[xwhatsit]

Stephen, last year weren't you able to watch this on a live feed from some webpage? Alternatively I'll just get the torrent after the fact, but I'd quite like to watch this live.

Woooo! Suzuka is such a sweet circuit :D

[Brian d marge]

I havent been able to find any live feed so far , there are web cams ,,,but

Toseland is there as is checa and wayne gardener

best I can do as far as English is this site


http://www.motoracing-japan.com/english/index.html

Stephen

[Maido]

2007 QMMF Endurance FIM World Championship Series and Round 3
"Coca-Cola Zero" Suzuka 8hours World Endurance Championship Race
8hours Free Practice Combined Results

DATE:2007-07-26

Pos. No. Cls. Gr. Team Type 1st Rider 2nd Rider 3rd/Sub Rider Time
1 34 JSB B YOSHIMURA SUZUKI with JOMO 34 S-GSX-R1000 Y.KAGAYAMA K.AKIYOSHI 2'08.585
2 21 JSB A YAMAHA RACING 21 Y-YZF-R1 N.OSAKI K.NAKASUGA 2'09.607
3 33 JSB B TEAM HRC 33 H-CBR1000RR T.OKADA C.CHECA 2'09.948
4 81 JSB A YAMAHA RACING 81 Y-YZF-R1 J.STAUFFER N.ABE 2'10.122
5 73 JSB A Kyubo. com team HARC-PRO. H-CBR1000RR T.YASUDA Y.KONISHI 2'10.318
6 11 JSB B TEAM HRC 11 H-CBR1000RR R.KIYONARI J.TOSELAND 2'10.331
7 54 JSB A MASKED RIDER DEN-O HONDA DREAM RT H-CBR1000RR K.TOKUDOME G.KAMADA 2'10.577
8 12 JSB A YOSHIMURA SUZUKI with JOMO 12 S-GSX-R1000 A.WATANABE D.SAKAI 2'10.698
9 2 JSB A Team SAKURAI HONDA 2 H-CBR1000RR C.KAMEYA R.HOLLAND 2'11.122
10 778 SBK A F.C.C.TSR ZIP-FM Racing Team H-CBR1000RR S.ITO Y.TESHIMA 2'11.161
11 19 JSB B MORIWAKI MOTUL RACING H-CBR1000RR T.YAMAGUCHI L.CAMIER 2'11.300
12 44 JSB B Weider DDBOYS H-CBR1000RR T.HAMAGUCHI Y.KODAMA 2'11.725
13 775 JSB B RACINGTEAM HONEYBEE H-CBR1000RR H.NODA T.YAMAMOTO 2'12.067
14 53 JSB B Deotex PANTHERA PLOT S-GSX-R1000 H.OGATA T.NAMEKATA 2'12.108
15 71 JSB B Team SAKURAI HONDA 71 H-CBR1000RR Y.TAKEDA K.TSUDA 2'13.065
16 25 JSB A HONDA SUZUKA RACING TEAM H-CBR1000RR N.YUNOKI T.MORII 2'13.262
17 4 SBK B F.C.C. TSR EUROSPORT BENELUX H-CBR1000RR S.IWATA Y.SUGAI H.PLATACIS 2'13.391
18 39 JSB A TEAMCHALLENGER Y-YZF-R1 N.FUJIWARA N.NUMATA 2'13.660
19 1 SBK B SUZUKI ENDURANCE RACING TEAM S-GSX-R1000 V.PHILIPPE M.LAGRIVE J.DA COSTA 2'13.681
20 69 JSB B TEAM OSG PHOENIX & MOTOSPORTS‡T H-CBR1000RR O.DEGUCHI T.TSUDA 2'14.113
21 40 JSB B HONDA HAMAYUKAI HAMAMATSU ESCARGOT&CBR H-CBR1000RR K.NAGURA S.NOYORI 2'14.122
22 333 JSB A WIN-CHU SUZUKI RACING TEAM S-GSX-R1000 D.SUZUKI T.ARAKAKI 2'14.150
23 62 JSB B MARUMAE 6264 RACING SUPPLY S-GSX-R1000 A.TAMITSUJI K.HONDA 2'14.201
24 05 JSB B ZOIL TRICK * STAR K-ZX-10R K.EGUCHI R.TSURUTA 2'14.236
25 18 JSB B TEAM HATAKEYAMA SIMPSON & T-YOSHIHARU H-CBR1000RR Y.HATAKEYAMA M.IZUMI 2'14.422
26 32 JSB B MotoMap SUPPLY S-GSX-R1000 Y.HATANO K.TERAMOTO 2'14.624
27 52 JSB B MOTO WIN RACING H-CBR1000RR S.SUZUKI T.TAKAHASHI 2'14.736
28 14 JSB A ClubYAMAHA MOTORCYCLE RACING Y-YZF-R1 A.TAKADA K.OKUMURA 2'14.789
29 15 JSB B TEAM ETCHING FACTORY 15 Y-YZF-R1 S.TAKEMI Y.USAMI 2'14.843
30 59 JSB A Tele´WolfMan & Yoshiharu & MCRGarage H-CBR1000RR M.YAMANAKA S.ISOYA 2'14.877
31 75 JSB B POWER FACTORY * Racing DRAG S-GSX-R1000 M.HISAZUMI S.SHIMIZU 2'14.944
32 31 JSB A WIN SUZUKI RACING TEAM S-GSX-R1000 H.KAWASE T.ONISHI 2'15.181
33 903 JSB A NOI:Z YEG-RT Y-YZF-R1 T.NAKAI Y.YOKOHARI 2'15.607
34 17 JSB B BEET LUMIX Racing ZIPATSU K-ZX-10R I.HIGASHIMURA O.NISHIJIMA 2'15.625
35 20 JSB B BATTLE&MIHARA Racing H-CBR1000RR H.MATSUI S.SHIMOJI 2'15.634
36 7 SBK B YAMAHA AUSTRIA RACING TEAM#07 (YART) Y-YZF-R1 I.JERMAN D.CUDLIN S.MARTIN 2'15.667
37 248 JSB B TEAM UEMATSU & CLEVER WOLF RACING Y-YZF-R1 M.SAITO T.FUKAMI 2'15.923
38 68 JSB B HONDA QU-Kai Meiwa Racing H-CBR1000RR T.NAKAMURA T.KUROKAWA 2'16.177
39 70 JSB A TEAM OSG PHOENIX & MOTOSPORTS‡U H-CBR1000RR N.NAKAGAWA T.OKUDA 2'16.251
40 78 JSB A TEAM Z-TECH & SBS KIDANI S-GSX-R1000 T.KUNIMATSU T.ISHIKAWA 2'16.379
41 41 JSB A HONDA HAMAMATSU ESCARGOT&SAYAMA&H-TECKNT H-CBR1000RR R.FURUKAWA H.SENMYO 2'16.452
42 13 JSB A TEAM ETCHING FACTORY 13 Y-YZF-R1 M.NAKAOKA K.ADACHI 2'16.470
43 807 JSB A HONDA DREAM KITAKYUSYU H-CBR1000RR S.SUMA J.NAKAMURA 2'16.484
44 66 JSB A YIC-Kyoto with O-TEC suzuka H-CBR1000RR M.OUCHIDA K.YAGI 2'16.511
45 55 JSB B GAGNER H.M.F S-GSX-R1000 Y.TAKAMIYA Y.TAKAHASHI 2'16.530
46 8 SBK A BOLLIGER TEAM SWITZERLAND K-ZX-10R D.MORILLON P.MUFF H.SAIGER 2'16.728
47 360 JSB A SHUEI YAMASHINAKAWASAKI KENRACING&B-LIFE K-ZX-10R T.MIZUSAWA Y.WATANABE 2'16.741
48 77 JSB A Z-TECH Teamhashimotogumi ouka S-GSX-R1000 K.KANAYAMA T.YOSHIDA 2'16.813
49 3 SBK B PHASE ONE ENDURANCE Y-YZF-R1 W.NOWLAND G.RICHARDS S.NEBEL 2'16.872
50 95 SBK A QERT K-ZX-10R S.KARITA N.SHIMIZU M.AL-NAIMI 2'16.885
51 24 JSB B DriverStand RT H-CBR1000RR A.IGARASHI M.SATO 2'16.955
52 56 JSB B OVER-Racing Y-YZF-R1 Y.HAMAGUCHI Y.KOMATSU 2'17.101
53 45 JSB B HONDA Blue Helmets MSC H-CBR1000RR A.KOBAYASHI S.KURITA 2'17.348
54 67 JSB A HONDADREAM WAKAYAMA RT H-CBR1000RR T.NISHINAKA R.KISHIMOTO 2'17.392
55 999 JSB A LA BELLEZZASPEED&SYSTEM RINER D-999R T.TODA Y.HORI 2'17.421
56 58 JSB A R.S.GARAGE-HARADA-HIMEJI K-ZX-10R H.HARADA S.MANABE 2'17.521
57 28 JSB B H-TechnicalCollege H-CBR1000RR A.HASHIMOTO T.SHIRAGAMI 2'17.667
58 64 JSB A 6264 MARUMAE&FIVE HERETICS Y-YZF-R1 M.TOKUNAGA H.NISHI 2'17.936
59 38 SPP A ENDURANCE MOTO 38 Y-YZF-R1 E.NIGON J.MILLET J.CONTENTE FERNANDES 2'17.944
60 112 JSB B HONDA EG-Racing H-CBR1000RR T.KURIBAYASHI M.HONDO 2'18.045
61 49 JSB A Yoshizawakikaku+Wyoshii/club-kenjin dong H-CBR1000RR K.SUETSUGU A.OIKAWA 2'18.051
62 30 JSB A AKAISANRINSHA RACING CLUB H-CBR1000RR Y.YAMAZAKI T.OKI 2'18.290
63 666 SBK B DIABLO 666 BOLLIGER K-ZX-10R J.HUTCHINS A.CUDLIN G.MASON 2'18.342
64 97 JSB A PLATFORM * TSR * CLUB Y's * J OFFICE H-CBR1000RR H.MATOBA J.MURATA 2'18.421
65 36 JSB B PLUS-ONE MCRT&NISSHOKENSETSU K-ZX-10R H.IMAZU K.BATANI 2'18.575
66 80 JSB B TEAM NAKAKI HONDA H-CBR1000RR H.NOMURA M.NAKAYAMA 2'18.705
67 76 JSB B Pacific Diner Service NALT ALTERNA H-CBR1000RR K.KITAGUCHI M.FURUSAWA 2'18.807
68 021 SBK A RMT #21 RACING H-CBR1000RR H.FRANK H.MEYER J.SMRZ 2'19.029
69 6 SPP B TEAM ZONE ROUGE YAMAHA BELGIQUE Y-YZF-R1 M.NICKMANS O.DEPOORTER S.FISCHER 2'19.513
70 50 JSB B BestBikeRentalMito&e'FREAKS H-CBR1000RR H.TAKANO S.OKADA 2'20.246
71 57 SST A TEAM LTG 57 Y-YZF-R1 A.DOS SANTOS M.LALEVEE A.BARATIN 2'20.822
72 111 JSB B HONDA Kouyoukai Dream & Kenyukai PG-R H-CBR1000RR K.ICHIMURA T.EBINUMA 2'20.957
73 35 SPP B RT Racing Team & Motovirus/Z-TECH S-GSX-R1000 N.YAMADA K.WADA E.MONOT 2'21.336
74 96 JSB A Tele´B H-CBR1000RR N.SHIRAI S.KAMINAKA 2'21.463
75 012 SBK A Team Suzuki Sweden S-GSX-R1000 T.ANDERSSON P.YOUNG M.NILSSON 2'21.496
76 9 SPP A Amadeus X-one Y-YZF-R1 R.RICCI P.TESSARI W.HOLMES GRUY 2'21.668
77 51 JSB A T MOTOKIDS&G3FACTORY Y-YZF-R1 Y.HIGUCHI J.OTORI 2'21.832
78 119 JSB A TEAM21 LIRICA AIM 119 S-GSX-R1000 H.ITO Y.TORII 2'22.156
79 014 SPP B MACO MOTO RACING TEAM Y-YZF-R1 T.MIKSOVSKY D.ROWLEY L.VERBOVEN 2'22.511
80 134 SST A TEAM ABG PERFORMANCE S-GSX-R1000 C.ALLUARD F.GAZIELLO E.DEBRAY 2'25.171
81 100 SST B TEAM ENDURANCE MOTO 45 S-GSX-R1000 N.JAULNEAU M.LEVREL C.LOUVEL 2'25.370
82 16 SPP A TEAM RAFFIN MOTOS K-ZX-10R D.CHENE S.KOKES P.GROSJEAN 2'25.707

[Korea]

6 11 JSB B TEAM HRC 11 H-CBR1000RR R.KIYONARI J.TOSELAND


Kiyonari and Toseland has got to be a winning combination~ :first:

Toseland goes into Suzuka fresh on the heels of his 1st and 2nd places at Brno round of the World Superbikes. Leading the world with 405 points.
Meanwhile, Kiyonari, is the current British Superbikes champion.

This should make for a very strong combo.

Looking forward to it :corn:

[Ivan]

Kiwis????...............

[Korea]

Kiwis????...............

What about them?

[denill]

What about them?

Pretty sure that neither Crosby nor Slight nor Crafer are riding at Suzuka this year! :yes::yes:

[Brian d marge]

山口 辰也
レオン・キャミア
(Leon CAMIER)

He is racing in the Gsxr cup at Bruno last weekend , did ok The Toseland combo will be a force IF they dont Stack it

I am racing that day so May be only able to catch either the start or Finish


Stephen


Japanese there for reason , Leave it .

[Ivan]

Hayden and Dom not doing it?

[Maido]

^^ might be a bit hard for Shaun to organise from his hospital bed!!

I see HRC 11 team is leading qualifying, who would have thought!!

[Brian d marge]

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Pos Qlf No Cls Time Attack Stage Time JumpUp Stage Time Machine (Year) Tyre Nat Team
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1 2 33 JSB 2'07.587 C.CHECA (SPA) 2'07.587* T.OKADA No Time Hon CBR1000RR 07 MI JPN TEAM HRC 33
2 4 21 JSB 0.219 N.OHSAKI 2'10.832 K.NAKASUGA 2'07.806* Yam YZF-R1 07 DL JPN YAMAHA Racing 21
3 3 34 JSB 0.382 K.AKIYOSHI 2'08.124 Y.KAGAYAMA 2'07.969* Suz GSX-R1000 07 BS JPN YOSHIMURA SUZUKI with JOMO 34
4 1 11 JSB 0.448 R.KIYONARI 2'09.289 J.TOSELAND (GBR) 2'08.035* Hon CBR1000RR 07 MI JPN TEAM HRC 11
5 10 778 SBK 0.862 Y.TESHIMA 2'09.385 S.ITOH 2'08.449* Hon CBR1000RR 06 BS JPN F.C.C.TSR ZIP-FM Racing Team
6 5 73 JSB 1.055 T.YASUDA 2'08.642* Y.KONISHI 2'09.297 Hon CBR1000RR 07 BS JPN kyubo.com team HARC-PRO.
7 8 54 JSB 1.268 G.KAMADA 2'11.589 K.TOKUDOME 2'08.855* Hon CBR1000R 07 BS JPN Masked Rider DEN'OH Honda DREAM RT
8 9 2 JSB 1.562 R.HOLLAND (AUS) 2'10.880 C.KAMEYA 2'09.149* Hon CBR1000R 07 MI JPN Team SAKURAI Honda 2
9 6 81 JSB 2.245 J.STAUFFER (AUS) 2'10.914 N.ABE 2'09.832* Yam YZF-R1 07 DL JPN YAMAHA Racing 81
10 7 12 JSB 2.419 D.SAKAI 2'10.041 A.WATANABE 2'10.006* Suz GSX-R1000 07 BS JPN YOSHIMURA SUZUKI with JOMO 12


Staufer the Aussie is doing well ,,this was today special time attack

Stephen
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[k14]

Haven't found any live streams yet? I assume the race is today? Starting at what time?

[Korea]

SCHEDULE?

Not entirely sure, but I got this from the '8tai' website: (using google translate)

7/29 (day)
06：30～ Main gate opening
07：00～ Gate opening & ¹ before the technical center
08：00～ South gate, hairpin east gate opening
07:30 ~08: 35 PIT WALK
07:45 ~08: 45 “Coca [korazero]” Suzuka 8 resistance release SAFETY CHECK
09:00 ~09: 45 “Coca [korazero]” Suzuka 8 resistance worm rise travelling
09:55 ~10: 25 PIT WALK (hospitality booth limitation)
10:50 ~11: 30 “Coca [korazero]” Suzuka 8 resistance start advance
11:30 ~19: 30 “Coca [korazero]” Suzuka 8 hour durable road race decision

11:30 would be 2:30pm our time in New Zealand (Japan is 3 hours behind).

Now, does anyone have any leads to the live feeds? Or live timing???

[denill]

Honda Racing Corporation’s Carlos Checa earned pole position for himself and teammate Tadayuki Okada for the 30th Suzuka 8 Hours. Checa’s flying lap in the Special Stage session was 2:07.587. “I wanted to be on two minutes, seven seconds because, as you know, I run number 7 in MotoGP,” laughed Checa. “I think it was a fantastic lap. It’s quite a special moment for me, but in a little time I will forget about this and focus on tomorrow. When you finish second you think about where you could do better. Now I don’t need to think about that.”

Checa’s pay day was two million yen, or about usd$16,950.

Per the custom of the Suzuka 8 Hours, the Spaniard had to watch the remaining riders in the Special Stage while sitting on a make-shift throne.

“I didn’t know about this place and the chair. At first it reminded me of the one in Westminster Abbey. But this chair, it looks terrible. It was better sitting on the bike than sitting on the chair.”

Indeed, as at least five of the riders that followed Checa posted first segment interval times quicker than the MotoGP rider, but then lost the pace and finished slower.

“When I was sitting there and see that some riders were below my first and second segment times, I thought, 'okay, I did my best, I got a very good lap time. If someone improves, then well done.' But then I was able to keep my lap time.”

One of the riders that started his lap quicker than Checa’s was teammate Okada. However, Okada fell in Degner Curve and slid off the track.

“I just touched my engine on the apex,” said the uninjured Okada. “I was pushing, but not 100%. It was just 80%.”

Second in the Special Stage, and a small surprise at that, was Katsayuki Nakasuga. The Yamaha rider screamed through the first segment .49 seconds faster than Checa, but after the long back straight Nakasuga was .113 seconds off of Checa’s time. Nakasuga’s final lap time was 2:07.806 and moved his team five places up on the Le Mans starting line.

“I am so surprised by Nakasuga’s time," said a wide-eyed Norick Abe. “That is a good lap time, for sure.”

World Superbike star Yukio Kagayama placed the Yoshimura Suzuki third on the grid with a time of 2:07.969. Like Nakasuga, Kagayama went through the first and second segments with quicker interval times than Checa. “Our motorcycle is similar to Honda in the first part of the lap, but in the second part Honda are faster.”

Qualifying fourth, just .066 seconds off of Kagayama’s time, was British rider James Toseland on the second red, white, and blue HRC Honda.

“It was just okay, which annoyed me. It was nothing special,” shrugged Toseland. “I’ve got no experience on these Michelin qualifiers and I didn’t know exactly how much I could push them. There were a couple of corners in the second section that I didn’t push hard enough. I came out of them and thought, well, there’s a bit more grip to be had. I had to find that out on that lap, unfortunately.”

In the 20-minute practice session prior to the Special Stage, Toseland’s teammate Ryuichi Kiyonari waited too long to turn the bike over to Toseland for testing qualifying tires.

“I tried to test the qualifying tires, but Kiyo had some problems and by the time I got out, the checkered flag was out. I didn’t get the chance to do the lap.”

Kiyonari’s troubles continued into the Special Stage. The British Superbike champion sheepishly admitted to a case of nerves that resulted in pushing too hard and a missed shift exiting the motorcycle chicane between the Hairpin and Spoon Curve.

FCC Technical Sports rider Shinichi Ito (Honda) showed some of his old form with a time of 2:08.449. The six-time pole position holder for the 8 Hours moved himself and teammate Yusuke Teshima up from 10th to fifth.

Teshima caused controversy during the Special Stage by riding the full course on the cool down lap instead of taking a short cut to the pits. Sakurai Honda rider then Russell Holland found Teshima touring the circuit while on his flying lap.

“When I came around Dunlop and saw him in the middle of the track. I thought maybe there’s a problem or a red flag or something, so I shut down just a little bit. He was on the race line, but by the time I got to him he was out of the way. When I came in the team asked if he affected me, and I said just a little.”

The Sakurai Honda team immediately protested the incident, and the organizers instantly red flagged the session. This caught Yoshimura Suzuki rider Daisaku Sakai in the middle of his out lap, which resulted in further controversy.

“The organizers didn’t realize that qualifying tires need to be heated up on the warmers, and it takes a long time. But the affected teams, including our team, we just fitted one set of tires for each rider,” said Yoshimura Suzuki team owner Fujio Yoshimura. “We didn’t bring spares. Why they threw the red flag instead of a yellow flag, I don’t understand. But they just red flagged the whole thing.”

The delay ran one hour as team managers negotiated with the organizers on how to resume the Special Stage.

“We told them that we could go ahead if we start with the number-two rider,” said Yoshimua. “But the number two riders said that their tires were not warm yet. It just went on and on. It really affected the riders, for sure. Everybody was wondering why the re-start was taking so long.”

Holland was allowed a second run and produced his best lap time of the meeting. “Apparently I am the first guy in the history of Special Stage to do two laps. It was a good thing for me, as the second lap was much better. It was my fastest time here.”

The second factory Yamaha of Norick Abe and Jamie Stauffer finished ninth, with Yoshimura Suzuki of Sakai and Atsushi Watanabe dropping to tenth after standing fourth at the end of Friday.

A total of 70 teams will start the race on Sunday at 11:30am local time. Results

1. T.Okada/C.Checa, Honda, 2:07.587.

2. K.Nakasuga/N.Osaki, Yamaha, 2:07.806.

3. Y.Kagayama/K.Akiyoshi, Suzuki, 2:07.969.

4. R.Kiyonari/J.Toseland, Honda, 2:08.035.

5. S.Ito/Y.Teshima, Honda, 2:08.449.

6. T.Yasuda/Y.Konishi, Honda, 2:08.642.

7. K.Tokudome/G.Kamada, Honda, 2:08.855.

8. C.Kameya/R.Holland, Honda, 2:09.149.

9. N.Abe/J.Stauffer, Yamaha, 2:09.832.

10. A.Watanabe/D.Sakai, Suzuki, 2:10.006.

[Brian d marge]

Sorry no live feeds this year .. cant find any

Stephen

[Korea]

Sorry no live feeds this year .. cant find any

Stephen

Thanks for trying anyway~
Should be able to download something after the fact :niceone:

[Brian d marge]

Here is the torrent though

1 gig , hope you aint on NZ broadband ............... u need T3

Stephen

[denill]

Suzuka 8 Hours

Yoshimura Ends the Streak

Yoshimura Suzuki riders Yukio Kagayama and Kosuke Akiyoshi won the 30th Suzuka 8 Hours race in Japan on Sunday, delivering Suzuki their first win since 1983.

“This feels good,” said Kagayama on the podium. “To win this race against HRC was really rewarding because they are serious and here to win. They encourage us to race better and race harder.”

The pair completed 216 laps en route to ending Yoshimura Suzuki’s 27-year futility streak dating back to 1980 when Wes Cooley and Graeme Crosby won. In addition, the win ended Honda’s ten-year long winning streak in the prestigious Japanese race.

“I thank all the fans for patiently waiting for Yoshimura to win again,” added Kagayama.

“This is almost a dream. It’s really nice to win after so long,” said a relieved Fujio Yoshimura. Yoshimura nephew and team manager Yohei Kato shouted, “Grandpa, we did it!” in reference to the late Hideo “Pops” Yoshimura.

Kagayama and Akiyoshi finished nearly a full lap ahead of second place Honda Racing Corporation riders Tadayuki Okada and Carlos Checa. Checa placed their Honda on pole in the flying lap Special Stage session, but the team elected to have Okada start the race. Race officials decided that Okada jumped the Le Mans start and called Okada in for a stop-and-go penalty. Despite some inspired riding from Okada and Checa to make up the penalty, the Yoshimua Suzuki proved too quick to catch.

The 40-year-old Okada thanked the team from the podium, talking with a lump in his throat and a tear in his eye.

FCC Technical Sports Honda riders Yusuke Teshima and Shinichi Itoh finished on the podium in third, one lap down. Itoh, the current All Japan superbike champion, has not raced in 2007 after suffering a broken pelvis in March and then a cracked shoulder in June during test sessions.

“Although my preparation time was short, I am happy to be back racing,” said Itoh. “It feels good to get this result in the 30th anniversary of the race.”

A second Yoshimura Suzuki, piloted by Atsushi Watanabe and Daisaku Sakai, finished fourth, also one lap down.

Rounding out the top five was the Moriwaki Honda team of Tatsuya Yamaguchi and Leon Camier.

The race started under a sunny sky with heavy humidity. Kagayama pulled a one-and-a-half second holeshot and held the gap over three laps. Ryuichi Kiyonari, on the second HRC Honda, mounted a charge to Kagayama and caught the Yoshimura rider by lap 6.

Kagayama cut and weaved to keep Kiyonari behind, creating the most spectacular action of the race. Over the next five laps the leading pair encountered more and more backmarkers, gradually deteriorating the show.

On lap 11 Kiyonari was held up by backmarkers that resulted in Kagayama lead jumping from one to four seconds.

Kagayama continued his runaway riding and added another second to his lead over the following ten laps.

On lap 20 news came that the organizers had concluded that Okada, now in third, had jumped the Le Mans start. Okada, shaking his head in protest, served his stop, wait, and go penalty on lap 23. Okada re-entered the race in tenth.

The front runners completed their first pit stops over laps 24 and 25. The Yoshimura Suzuki, now with Akiyoshi aboard, had a 12 second lead over the second place Honda ridden by James Toseland.

Toseland was cracking the whip on the Honda to catch Akiyoshi. On lap 29, after completing just four laps in the race, Toseland lowsided in the last left-hand bend in the S-curves. The race for Kiyonari and Toseland ended right there, ironically because Kiyonari crashed in the same corner during morning warm-up.

“It was my mistake,” said Toseland. “I crashed because my front end went out suddenly without warning. It was so strange and I could do nothing about it.”

The Yoshimura Suzuki was now truly in the clear, with second place FCCTechnical Sports Honda 25 seconds behind. Barring misfortune, the only possible threat was the HRC Honda of Okada and Checa who were a minute and a half behind the Yoshimura Suzuki but determined to make the time up.

Minutes before the race was four hours old Checa passed Teshima at Spoon Curve to claim second. However, the only running HRC Honda was now one minute, 48 seconds behind the Yoshimura Suzuki. By the time the race ended the interval was an even two minutes.

In the FIM World Championship, second overall FCC Technical Sports were first in Superbike and earned 30 points. World champions Suzuki Endurance Racing Team, seventh overall, were second in the FIM points class. They leave Suzuka with another 24 points to increase the points lead over Kawasaki Motor France to 25 with three rounds to go.

Results

1. Y.Kagayama/K.Akiyoshi, Suzuki, 216 laps.

2. T.Okada/C.Checa, Honda, 216 laps.

3. Y.Teshima/S.Itoh, Honda, 215 laps.

4. A.Watanabe/D.Sakai, Suzuki, 215 laps.

5. T.Yamaguchi/L.Camier, Honda, 212 laps.

6. K.Tokudome/G.Kamada, Honda, 211 laps.

7. V.Phillipe/M.Lagrive/J.DaCosta, Suzuki, 210 laps.

8. S.Iwata/Y.Sugai/H.Platacis, Honda, 210 laps.

9. J.Stauffer/N.Abe, Yamaha, 210 laps.

10. Y.Takeda/K.Tsuda, Honda, 209 laps.

11. C.Kameya/R.Holland, Honda, 211 laps.

[Korea]

Here is the torrent though

1 gig , hope you aint on NZ broadband ............... u need T3

Stephen

You beauty~! Will get to work on it this evening.
I'd bling you, but I'm all blinged out: "You must spread *blah blah blah*

Cheers~

[Brian d marge]

You beauty~! Will get to work on it this evening.
I'd bling you, but I'm all blinged out: "You must spread *blah blah blah*

Cheers~

I only accept Red

Stephen

[Brian d marge]

Sorry folks the posted it only one hour of the eight
here is hour one ..the start

all the others are at racing-underground.com

Sorry , but I didnt realise till i started to watch it

stephen

[Korea]

Yep, I blew out my bandwidth cap downloading hours 1 and 5.
Will have to wait until next month to find out what happened in hour 8 :crybaby:
Oh well, first hour was a good watch anywho...

[Brian d marge]

Quite a few went down that first hour .. but they were cranked over on the kerb!!!

Might look for a summary and down load the good bits

Stephen

[Korea]

Quite a few went down that first hour .. but they were cranked over on the kerb!!!

Might look for a summary and down load the good bits

Stephen

Let us know if you find a good 'Highlights' torrent... please!
:niceone: